A northern Idaho writer contemplates birds, imagination and country-living from the peaty shore of a bog pond.

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Silly on Sunday

Huskies Being Silly

Just Playing

We Are Playing, Too!

Silly Sisters

A is for Alli, Ticket is for Bug

It's easy to be silly when the dogs encourage us. Ilya and Jasper look fierce as wolves, but trust me...they're just being silly. Teeth barred, mouth wrestling out in the pastures along Elmira Pond. Dog silliness.

These two huskies are both rescue dogs, and belong to my daughter Allison and her husband Drew. Ilya was deemed "unadoptable" by a kill-shelter. Todd and I fostered him until Alli and Drew found it in their hearts to be his forever home.

Now he gets to be silly with his buddy Jasper who was rescued from a farm. Jasper only knew a life outdoors and even carries scars from a coyote fight. Both dogs now have a loving home. They get lots of training and walking. And moments to be silly.

We get to be silly, too. It's the Sunday before Christmas and all three kids have come home. It's a precious time and we are making the most of each moment, laughing all the way. The biggest laughs we get come from all the games we play. look at that table loaded with games. It's silliness waiting to explode. Magic Cards...
Scrabble...Settlers of Catan...Things.

Things is the newset game we have, maybe it's just us, maybe it's the coffee or the wine, but we laugh and giggle. And that came up in Things. The premise is to answer, "Things you shouldn't do..." Well, that's the beginning to a giggle-fest. We were even snorting by the end of the first game.

It's mostly just basking in the glow of being together, relaxing, playing, eating. So much to be grateful for and so much joy to share. The daughters are cozying up to each other, sipping from their favorite coffee mugs. Brianna has a mug to commemorate the speeding ticket she got as a teenager. We laugh...now.

Want to be silly today? Unleash the giggles and join Everthything Susan who had the silly notion to get us all laughing on a Sunday

Thanks so much for linking up! This is going to be a fun blog hop I think. My two dogs love to play like this too. So lovely to see your daughters and hear about what is happening in your life right now at Christmas. Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family!

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About Me

From riding horses to writing stories, Charli Mills is a born
buckaroo wrangling words.

With over two decades in freelancing, sales, marketing and speaking, Charli has been published in magazines,
anthologies and online. She's presented workshops in Austin, Minneapolis and NYC.

In 2012, Charli followed stories and sunsets west to write fiction. Her
creative writing includes commercial fiction, western historical
fiction, nature writing and shorts.

No matter the genre, Charli is committed to crafting women's fiction to inspire all genders. She develops strong female characters, explores forgotten contributions of women marginalized by history, and writes the female hero's journey.

She is currently seeking representation
for her professionally edited 72,000-word manuscript, Miracle of Ducks, about a reluctant war wife left behind with a trio of hunting hounds. Trouble is soon unleashed.

Join her in building a literary community at Carrot Ranch with weekly Flash Fiction Challenges open to all writers.